Cities and towns in the Asbury area are holding all the usual summertime activities to celebrate Independence Day, with fireworks going off in various towns beginning Thursday. ASBURY PARK Asbury Park’s Fourth of July fireworks display is scheduled for Friday, July 4 at 9 p.m. A rain date is scheduled for July 5. This year’s […]

Almost twice the number of beach visitors have decided to set their chairs and umbrellas up on Asbury Park beaches this year as compared to the same time last year, according to city records. Revenues for the period between May 1 and June 15 show a nearly 100 percent increase, from $63,108 last year to […]

Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon will retire from his position effective Sept.1, City Manager Jack Kelly has confirmed. Kinmon notified the city of his intent to retire through an email sent last week. “As discussed earlier this week, I have submitted my application for retirement to the NJ Division of Pensions. The effective date is […]

Below is the Allenhurst police blotter from June 10 through 27. The information is published unedited from the Allenhurst Police Department: JUNE 10 • Police charged a 22-year old Point Pleasant man for driving without a license, after stopping him for a motor vehicle violation. He was also found to be driving a vehicle, with an expired […]

A Neptune man was charged with stabbing another Neptune resident outside of Mr. Pizza restaurant on Springwood Avenue Monday. Police arrived at the scene after 12:30 a.m. to find blood on the ground but no victim present. After police secured the scene and canvassed the area they learned a verbal altercation had taken place in […]

Long-time city public works employee Yvonne Adams was lauded by county freeholders at their Thursday meeting for her achievement in securing the city a New Jersey Clean Communities Urban Cleanup award. Adams, the city’s recycling coordinator and office manager of the public works department,  is a member of the state’s Urban Cleanup Team through the […]

County freeholders conducted their June 26 meeting in front of a packed council chambers in Asbury Park who urged freeholders to assist the city with the preservation of an open tract of land on the city’s northern beach front. The tract comprises roughly .6 acres of beachfront in the Ocean Avenue right-of-way along Asbury Park’s North […]

Four years ago, Frank’s Deli & Restaurant at 1406 Main Street began to donated unsold bread, pastries and rolls to Interfaith Neighbor’s Need to Feed program — that practice continues today. Need to Feed provides soup and pastries in the winter and sandwiches in the summer to residents in need. Franks is a longtime Asbury Park […]

Patrons of The Anchor’s Bend bar may be able to keep their toes in the sand and their faces in the sun while simultaneously sipping cocktails as early as this summer. Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted to introduce an amendment to one of the city’s general licensing ordinances at their June 18 […]

The Asbury Park Republican Committee has elected Charles P. Smentkowski, Sr. as their new chairman. “I’m honored that the committee has selected me to represent such a great group of dedicated republicans,” Smentkowski said in a statement sent to the Sun. Smentkowski is a former Asbury Park Police officer and retired lieutenant from the Monmouth […]